20220514-1 California Council of the Blind

20220514-1 4th General Session Day 3

May 14, 2022

20220514-1 California Council of the Blind 20220514-1 4th General Session Day 3

2022 Conference & Convention Navigating the Future Together

Rob Turner, Second Vice-President, Sunnyvale, Ca Presiding
Welcome Back
ACB Get Up and Get Moving Campaign o Tom Tobin, Chairman, Get Up and Get Moving Campaign, Cleveland Heights, OH Participants learned about the ACB Get Up and Get Moving Campaign, its mission/goals, timeline, past achievements, future activities, and best of all, how you can get up and get moving too!
Mental Health Challenges for People with Vision Loss o Lynda Johnson, San Mateo, Ca o Roque Alas Bucton, Duarte, Ca This panel helped us to gain an understanding of the severity of the problem, the challenges we face, and the solutions that we need to pursue.
Help! Independent Travel Keeps Getting Harder o Billie Louise “Beezy” Bentzen, Certified Orientation and Mobility Specialist, PhD, Director of Research, Accessible Design for the Blind, Fairbanks, AK I can’t find the crosswalk. There’s no traffic I can align with, or I think I’m aligned to cross, but I sure don’t end up where I want to. The streets are so darned wide that I’m sure to veer, and sometimes there’s no parallel traffic to help me keep going straight. And now I must cross bike lanes everywhere, even to get to bus stops. This presentation gave participants some strategies that they could use in these challenging situations. There are not any good strategies for many of them. Participants learned about some new environmental modifications that have been shown to help—but your informed advocacy is needed to get them implemented.